The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed US Citizens to file for free ownership of up to one section (640 acres) of land from the US Government under certain conditions.
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The great plains were a very dry place. People made there houses out of mud and straw
To build houses
White settlers began wanting the land on the plains
Dry-farming, plowing and planting in a way that conserved moisture. the use of the windmill to pump water from underground and the use of barbed wire to keep out stray cattle and sheep.
1783
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It was called the Great American Desert.
they came in the 1850s
The passage of the Homestead Acts led many settlers to the Great Plains states. These acts gave ownership of land to settlers at little to no cost.
The settlers on the Great Plains gave up and moved because they wanted to explore. They could not thrive in the Great Plains.
natives.
1783
by growing there food
Few settlers had moved to the Great Plains.
The great plains were a very dry place. People made there houses out of mud and straw
To build houses